Lehmann‚Äôs LP960 drone has serious agricultural applications

LP960, a professional micro civil drone (or UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) from Lehmann Aviation is now coming with a touchscreen tablet running under Windows8 Operating System.

The new innovative software helps to immediately process all flight data on a touchscreen tablet, laptop or desktop PC.

The LP960 is a professional rugged unmanned aerial platform designed for creating geo-referenced orthomosaics and digital elevation models (DEM), as well as high-resolution images (16Mp on a large APS-C sensor) and live video. This model is designed for diverse civil applications: mapping, agriculture, volume calculation, construction, mining, geosciences and others.

One of the biggest applications of the drone is agriculture. With the LP960, equipped with an advanced autopilot and navigation systems, it has become easy to monitor farms and agricultural fields:

• Real time control of farm animals/crops;

• Detection of a diseased crop;

• Preparing land reclamation;

• Detection of areas where the crop is being eaten by rodents or pests;

• Spread of locusts monitoring;

• Crop/forest trees growth monitoring;

• Monitoring of the moisture level in crops and vineyards;

• Monitoring of the general state of different plantations.

The flight preparation and control has never been easier. The user just has to «draw» on a touchscreen tablet the area of interest, enter the waypoints and the Operation Center will automatically generate missions and program the drone.

The LP960 flies at speeds of 20 to 80 km/h, at a range of up to 5 km. It flies in winds of up to 45 km/h and in temperatures from -25° C to 60° C. The wingspan of the LP960 is 92 cm for a weight of 1,250g, including the payload of 350g (mounted camera).

The drone is launched by hand and lands in just few meters.

The LP960 is priced at 6,990€ (roughly 9,100 USD).

The kit includes 2 wings, electronic flying platform, common Lehmann Aviation ground control system, power system and a set of accessories. All the parts of the drone are interchangeable.

Lehmann Aviation recommends to use Sony Nex4R camera together with this drone, which comes as optional equipment.

The new software under Windows 8 is included in the kit, free of charge.

Lehmann Aviation rolls out hardware and software upgrades for all their UAVs on a regular basis, enabling the customers to easily upgrade free of charge.

The LP960, as well as other drones of Lehmann Aviation, can be purchased online and delivered worldwide for free within 4-8 weeks.
For more information visit us at http://www.lehmannaviation.com.